County		Hourly Wage nec to afford 2BR apt	2BR apt. montly rent		Average renter wage	Rent affordable at avg. wage		% Renters paying 50+% income to housing costs	% Homeowners paying 50+% to housing
Aitkin County		$12.02	$625		$7.34	$382		13	8
Anoka County		16.31	848		10.76	559		24	9
Becker County		10.67	555		6.56	341		12	6
Beltrami County		11.33	589		7.48	389		18	5
Benton County		12.23	636		10.01	521		13	5
Big Stone County		10.67	555		5.77	300		7	4
Blue Earth County		12.85	668		9.35	486		17	4
Brown County		10.98	571		8.48	441		14	4
Carlton County		11.63	605		7.68	399		13	6
Carver County		16.31	848		10.07	524		18	7
Cass County		10.73	558		5.50	286		15	8
Chippewa County		10.67	555		8.03	418		15	4
Chisago County		16.31	848		7.87	409		12	6
Clay County		11.44	595		5.55	288		23	3
Clearwater County		10.77	560		6.75	351		13	7
Cook County		10.81	562		6.53	340		13	9
Cottonwood County		10.67	555		7.18	373		9	3
Crow Wing County		12.38	644		7.43	386		17	6
Dakota County		16.31	848		12.02	625		22	9
Dodge County		15.81	822		9.79	509		9	4
Douglas County		11.48	597		7.22	376		13	6
Faribault County		10.67	555		13.33	693		11	4
Fillmore County		11.23	584		7.39	384		9	4
Freeborn County		10.67	555		7.95	414		14	4
Goodhue County		13.38	696		9.11	474		15	4
Grant County		10.67	555		7.22	375		9	4
Hennepin County		16.31	848		15.8	821		24	12
Houston County		11.79	613		6.42	334		9	3
Hubbard County		10.77	560		7.33	381		9	7
Isanti County		16.31	848		6.75	351		18	6
Itasca County		11.31	588		8.62	448		14	6
Jackson County		10.67	555		8.97	467		11	3
Kanabec County		12.87	669		8.01	416		10	5
Kandiyohi County		11.12	578		7.41	385		16	4
Kittson County		10.67	555		6.76	352		9	3
Koochiching County		10.73	558		7.70	400		14	5
Lac qui Parle County		10.67	555		7.83	407		10	4
Lake County		10.81	562		7.63	397		10	5
Lake of the Woods		10.77	560		6.37	331		21	4
Le Sueur County		11.98	623		8.45	439		8	5
Lincoln County		10.67	555		7.70	401		4	6
Lyon County		11.46	596		8.83	459		16	3
Mahnomen County		10.77	560		8.09	421		13	3
Marshall County		10.67	555		6.90	359		11	4
Martin County		10.67	555		8.32	433		12	5
McLeod County		12.54	652		9.48	493		10	0
Meeker County		11.21	583		7.97	415		15	5
Mille Lacs County		12.19	634		6.26	326		14	6
Morrison County		11.17	581		6.79	353		15	5
Mower County		10.67	555		9.15	476		14	5
Murray County		10.67	555		7.84	407		13	5
Nicollet County		12.13	631		8.01	417		12	4
Nobles County		10.67	555		8.79	457		12	4
Norman County		10.67	555		8.76	456		12	3
Olmsted County		15.81	822		12.25	637		16	8
Otter Tail County		10.67	555		6.68	347		16	5
Pennington County		10.67	555		8.81	458		12	3
Pine County		12.19	634		5.76	299		12	6
Pipestone County		10.67	555		8.01	416		14	3
Polk County		11.33	589		6.6	343		18	4
Pope County		10.67	555		7.24	376		14	5
Ramsey County		16.31	848		13.94	725		29	13
Red Lake County		10.67	555		7.61	396		6	4
Redwood County		10.67	555		8.32	432		10	3
Renville County		11.21	583		9.79	509		10	4
Rice County		14.52	755		9.57	498		11	4
Rock County		10.67	555		7.32	381		14	4
Roseau County		10.81	562		9.60	499		10	5
Scott County		16.31	848		8.55	445		20	10
Sherburne County		16.31	848		8.16	425		31	9
Sibley County		11.21	583		8.23	428		9	4
St. Louis County		11.63	605		8.23	428		25	12
Stearns County		12.23	636		9.19	478		32	9
Steele County		12.94	673		10.28	535		12	4
Stevens County		10.77	560		6.32	329		19	5
Swift County		10.67	555		8.63	449		13	4
Todd County		10.88	566		6.85	356		14	6
Traverse County		10.67	555		6.82	354		15	6
Wabasha County		11.00	572		8.36	435		12	4
Wadena County		10.88	566		6.61	344		16	5
Waseca County		12.02	625		8.55	445		7	4
Washington County		16.31	484		9.37	487		20	9
Watonwan County		10.67	555		7.68	400		9	4
Wilkin County		10.67	555		5.70	296		10	3
Winona County		12.21	635		8.18	425		16	4
Wright County		16.31	848		7.75	403		23	10
Yellow Medicine Co		10.67	555		8.34	434		15	6
Average		$11.99	$617		$8.19	$426
Source		NLIHC	NLIHC		NLIHC	NLIHC		MHP	MHP